Free flaps in the elderly population

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 149-151

  Verhelle, Nicolas ^a,b   Preud'homme, Laurence ^a   Dequanter, Didier ^c   Van den Hof, Bert ^b   Heymans, Olivier ^a   Vico, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Saint Jean Clinic of Brussels   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advanced age; Free flaps; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GERIATRIC SURGERY; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MICROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEROMA; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 28344437551     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-005-0734-2     Document Type: Article

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